Mosagallaku Mosagadu
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Mosagallaku Mosagadu was the first cowboy film in India. It was produced by G. Adisheshagiri Rao, directed by K. S. R. Das
in the banner of Sri Padmalaya Films in 1971. This was the first Telugu movie to be dubbed into English, and it was screened in more than 125 countries, which is a record in Indian Cinema. The cast of the film included : Superstar Krishna
, Vijaya Nirmala
(Heroine), Nagabhushanam, K. Satyanarayana, M. Prabhakar Reddy, Rao Gopalrao, Jyothi Lakshmi etc. The story was ripped off from Hollywood movies by Arudra without acknowledging any of the movies. The concept of the film was inspired from Hollywood movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
, For a Few Dollars More
, Mackenna's Gold
etc. Most of the film was shot in Rajasthan
, while a song in it was shot in Himachal Pradesh
.
and Daanala Dharmayya escapes to the court of Kurnool
.
Krishna Prasad, who fights for equality of the poor with rich, against the new government, finds a highway robber Nakkajittula Naaganna (Naga bhushanam) captured by a couple of men. The government announces that one who captures Nakkajittula Naaganna, will be awarded with 1000 varahas (gold coins). With a plan to earn money and help the poor people, Krishna Prasad secures him with ropes and submits him at the court. Nakkajittula Naaganna is made to sit on horse and he is tied to a two-pole gibbet at the court. Krishna Prasad, hiding behind a tree little far away, shoots the ropes of the gibbet, making Nakkajittula Naaganna to escape along with him. They share the loot later. With the loot obtained from the government, Krishna helps the poor.
One blind man, a past servant of Amervedu court, who knows where the keys are, accidentally utters about the treasure at highway liquor dhaba. By torturing the blind man, Sathyam (Kaikala Satyanarayana (one of the villains) knows the clue of Daanala Dharmayya in Kurnool. Satyanarayana), with his men goes to torture Daanaala Dharmayya, but kills him in haste. Radha (Vijaya Nirmala), on coming home with a pot of water from a pool nearby, finds her father Daanaala Dharmayya at the state of dying. Daanaala Dharmayya, who is unaware of the murderers, is about tell some thing, utters his friend's name Pagadaala Subbayya and dies. Radha thinks that her father was killed by Pagadaala Subbayya. In fact Pagadaala Subbayya, while dying because of old age, reveals the place of treasure to his son. He also reveals that he had given the keys to Komarayya, a retired constable in Kurnool.
Krishna Prasad, staying away from home, keeps on earning money by submitting Nakkajittula Naaganna to the court, and then releasing him by tricks for sharing the loot. One day Bijili (Jyothi Lakshmi), a nasty cowgirl meets Krishna and likes him. Radha when being chased by few men, Krishna Prasad saves her and promises to make her to take revenge on the killers. He falls in love with her and trains her in gun shooting, making her a tomboy. Radha swears to take revenge on those who killed her father. Once again he saves Radha from the attack of Bijili, and knows that attack was happened to know a clue of treasure.
Bijili loves Krishna Prasad and tries to get rid rid off Radha. One day, Nakkajittuala Naaganna tries to steal Krishna Prasad's loot with greed. In anger, Krishna Prasad secures the hands of Nakkajittuala Naaganna and leaves him alone in the desert. He comes out of the desert, with grudge on Krishna Prasad and joins Bijili. When Krishna Prasad is about to save an innocent guy hanging to death in an attempt to earn wealth, Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Bijili captures him alive, tortures him in the desert. In the desert, when Krishna Prasad is about to die of thirst, Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Biliji sees a cart of corpses pulled by a camel. Among the corpses, a son of Pagadala Subbayya is found, at the brink of death. When Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Bijili goes to bring pot of water hung to their camels, son of Pagadaala Subbayya reveals the secret of the treasure to Krishna Prasad.
With a greed to earn the treasure, Nakkajittuala Naaganna renames himself as Pagadaala Subbayya in haste, and takes Krishna Prasad to a nearby highway inn and medicates him with the help of an ayurvedic doctor. Few days later Krishna Prasad escapes with Radha, from the scene. One day Nakkajittuala Naaganna who renamed himself as Pagadaala Subbayya, is captured by the Satyanarayana's gang. Krishna Prasad saves Nakkajittuala Naaganna and who becomes pal again. Radha reveals that her father Daanaala Dharmayya used to work at constable Komarayya. Krishna memorizes that, when he was a child, the keys were given to his father constable Komarayya by his friend Daanaala Dharmayya. But by the time he reaches home, his father is roped to death by five men on five horses and his mother is killed with a spear for the keys. Krishna Prasad kills first culprit 'Bejawada Mangayya' in a horse chase, second culprit Eluru Lingayya and third culprit Nellore Rangayya in a forest, fourth culprit Chittoor Chengayya in a gambling center, and fifth culprit Chennapatnam Kannayyagari Chinnayya when torturing blind man for treasure secret.
At the climax, Krishna Prasad, Radha, and Nakkajittuala Naaganna goes to the cave of treasure. The fight goes between three parties, that is between two parties of villains and Krishna Prasad. All the villains are killed and Krishna Prasad achieves the five gunny sacks of treasure in the cave. The movie ends with Krishna Prasad and Radha distributing the treasure to the poor people of Amaravedu dynasty.
K. S. R. Das
K. S. R. Das or Doss is an Indian film director.He was born on January 5, 1936. He worked for about 40 films in different positions. As a director Loguttu Perumallakeruka was his debut film, with Sobhan Babu and Rajasri playing the lead roles. He has made about 30 films with Telugu superstar...
in the banner of Sri Padmalaya Films in 1971. This was the first Telugu movie to be dubbed into English, and it was screened in more than 125 countries, which is a record in Indian Cinema. The cast of the film included : Superstar Krishna
Krishna (actor)
Warning: It is not an impartial presentation and it seems to be written by an Aficionado without any citations. Superfluous and presumptious.Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna , commonly referred to as Krishna, is a Telugu film actor...
, Vijaya Nirmala
Vijaya Nirmala
Vijaya Nirmala is a South Indian actress and director. In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named her as the female director who had made the highest number of films. She has directed 47 movies.-Career:...
(Heroine), Nagabhushanam, K. Satyanarayana, M. Prabhakar Reddy, Rao Gopalrao, Jyothi Lakshmi etc. The story was ripped off from Hollywood movies by Arudra without acknowledging any of the movies. The concept of the film was inspired from Hollywood movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. The screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone...
, For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté. German actor Klaus Kinski also plays a supporting role as a secondary villain...
, Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold is a 1969 western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, and Julie Newmar...
etc. Most of the film was shot in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, while a song in it was shot in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
.
Story
Amarvedu dynasty was attacked by Britishers at the time of Bobbili war in South India. Before the Britishers are about to attack the dynasty, a couple of friends Daanaala Dharmayya (Gummadi) and Pagadaala Subbayya hides the treasure in a cave of five doors, very far away. They lock the treasure with five keys and the two friends separate, so as to make the key unavailable to the Britishers. Pagadala Subbayya escapes to GadwalGadwal
Gadwal is a town, Mandal and a municipality in Mahbubnagar district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 188 km from Hyderabad, the state's capital.- Geography :Gadwal is located at...
and Daanala Dharmayya escapes to the court of Kurnool
Kurnool
Kurnool is located at . It has an average elevation of 273 metres .Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Handry and Neeva rivers also flow through the city. The K.C...
.
Krishna Prasad, who fights for equality of the poor with rich, against the new government, finds a highway robber Nakkajittula Naaganna (Naga bhushanam) captured by a couple of men. The government announces that one who captures Nakkajittula Naaganna, will be awarded with 1000 varahas (gold coins). With a plan to earn money and help the poor people, Krishna Prasad secures him with ropes and submits him at the court. Nakkajittula Naaganna is made to sit on horse and he is tied to a two-pole gibbet at the court. Krishna Prasad, hiding behind a tree little far away, shoots the ropes of the gibbet, making Nakkajittula Naaganna to escape along with him. They share the loot later. With the loot obtained from the government, Krishna helps the poor.
One blind man, a past servant of Amervedu court, who knows where the keys are, accidentally utters about the treasure at highway liquor dhaba. By torturing the blind man, Sathyam (Kaikala Satyanarayana (one of the villains) knows the clue of Daanala Dharmayya in Kurnool. Satyanarayana), with his men goes to torture Daanaala Dharmayya, but kills him in haste. Radha (Vijaya Nirmala), on coming home with a pot of water from a pool nearby, finds her father Daanaala Dharmayya at the state of dying. Daanaala Dharmayya, who is unaware of the murderers, is about tell some thing, utters his friend's name Pagadaala Subbayya and dies. Radha thinks that her father was killed by Pagadaala Subbayya. In fact Pagadaala Subbayya, while dying because of old age, reveals the place of treasure to his son. He also reveals that he had given the keys to Komarayya, a retired constable in Kurnool.
Krishna Prasad, staying away from home, keeps on earning money by submitting Nakkajittula Naaganna to the court, and then releasing him by tricks for sharing the loot. One day Bijili (Jyothi Lakshmi), a nasty cowgirl meets Krishna and likes him. Radha when being chased by few men, Krishna Prasad saves her and promises to make her to take revenge on the killers. He falls in love with her and trains her in gun shooting, making her a tomboy. Radha swears to take revenge on those who killed her father. Once again he saves Radha from the attack of Bijili, and knows that attack was happened to know a clue of treasure.
Bijili loves Krishna Prasad and tries to get rid rid off Radha. One day, Nakkajittuala Naaganna tries to steal Krishna Prasad's loot with greed. In anger, Krishna Prasad secures the hands of Nakkajittuala Naaganna and leaves him alone in the desert. He comes out of the desert, with grudge on Krishna Prasad and joins Bijili. When Krishna Prasad is about to save an innocent guy hanging to death in an attempt to earn wealth, Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Bijili captures him alive, tortures him in the desert. In the desert, when Krishna Prasad is about to die of thirst, Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Biliji sees a cart of corpses pulled by a camel. Among the corpses, a son of Pagadala Subbayya is found, at the brink of death. When Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Bijili goes to bring pot of water hung to their camels, son of Pagadaala Subbayya reveals the secret of the treasure to Krishna Prasad.
With a greed to earn the treasure, Nakkajittuala Naaganna renames himself as Pagadaala Subbayya in haste, and takes Krishna Prasad to a nearby highway inn and medicates him with the help of an ayurvedic doctor. Few days later Krishna Prasad escapes with Radha, from the scene. One day Nakkajittuala Naaganna who renamed himself as Pagadaala Subbayya, is captured by the Satyanarayana's gang. Krishna Prasad saves Nakkajittuala Naaganna and who becomes pal again. Radha reveals that her father Daanaala Dharmayya used to work at constable Komarayya. Krishna memorizes that, when he was a child, the keys were given to his father constable Komarayya by his friend Daanaala Dharmayya. But by the time he reaches home, his father is roped to death by five men on five horses and his mother is killed with a spear for the keys. Krishna Prasad kills first culprit 'Bejawada Mangayya' in a horse chase, second culprit Eluru Lingayya and third culprit Nellore Rangayya in a forest, fourth culprit Chittoor Chengayya in a gambling center, and fifth culprit Chennapatnam Kannayyagari Chinnayya when torturing blind man for treasure secret.
At the climax, Krishna Prasad, Radha, and Nakkajittuala Naaganna goes to the cave of treasure. The fight goes between three parties, that is between two parties of villains and Krishna Prasad. All the villains are killed and Krishna Prasad achieves the five gunny sacks of treasure in the cave. The movie ends with Krishna Prasad and Radha distributing the treasure to the poor people of Amaravedu dynasty.
Cast
- KrishnaKrishnaKrishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...
... Krishna Prasad - Vijaya NirmalaVijaya NirmalaVijaya Nirmala is a South Indian actress and director. In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named her as the female director who had made the highest number of films. She has directed 47 movies.-Career:...
... Radha - Gummadi Venkateswara RaoGummadi Venkateswara RaoGummadi Venkateswara Rao popularly known as Gummadi was a popular Telugu film character actor. Though he began to act in films much later than famous artistes like N.T.Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao he had through the course of his career acquired a niche for himself vis a vis the character...
... Kotwal Komarayya - MukkamalaMukkamalaMukkamala Krishna Murthy is a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu movies in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his student days and was popular in the role of French General Bussy in Bobbili Yuddham, a stage play based on the historical Bobbili Yuddham...
... Pagadala Subbayya - Dhulipala ... Daanala Dharmayya
- Jayalalita ... Bijili
- NagabhushanamNagabhushanamNagabushanam was a comedian, villain, and character actor in Telugu cinema and theatre fields. His first film was Palletooru under the direction of Tatineni Prakash Rao. He acted in about 395 films during the 1950s to 1980s...
... Nakkajittula Naaganna - Kaikala SatyanarayanaKaikala SatyanarayanaKaikala Satyanarayana , a versatile Telugu cine actor, was born on 25 July 1935 to Kaikala Laxmi Narayana couple at Kautaram village in Krishna district. Having completed his primary and intermediate education in Gudivada and Vijayawada, Satyanarayana graduated from Gudivada College...
... Sathyam - M. Prabhakar Reddy
- Rao Gopal RaoRao Gopal RaoRao Gopal Rao was a popular Tollywood Character actor and producer and member of Rajya Sabha.-Brief Lifesketch:Rao Gopal Rao was born in 1937 in Ganganapalli near Kakinada,...
- Jyothi Lakshmi
- NageshNagesh (actor)Nagesh , was a Tamil film actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian during the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the most prolific comedians in Tamil cinema....
Crew
- Direction: K. S. R. DasK. S. R. DasK. S. R. Das or Doss is an Indian film director.He was born on January 5, 1936. He worked for about 40 films in different positions. As a director Loguttu Perumallakeruka was his debut film, with Sobhan Babu and Rajasri playing the lead roles. He has made about 30 films with Telugu superstar...
- Co-director: OSR Anjaneyulu
- Producer: G. Adi Seshagiri Rao
- Production Company: Sree Padmalaya Movies
- Story and Dialogues: Arudra
- Action: Raghavulu-Madhavan.
- Art: Thota Tharani
- Choreography: Heeralal-Srinivas.
- Cinematography: V. S. R. Swamy
- Editing: Kotagiri Gopala Rao
- Lyrics: Arudra-Appalacharya
- Music: P. Adinarayana RaoP. Adinarayana RaoPenupatruni Adinarayana Rao , also known as P. Adinarayana Rao was a reputed Telugu music director, film producer, lyricist and play writer from south Indian film industry....
- Playback singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, S. P. BalasubrahmanyamS. P. BalasubrahmanyamSripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...
and P. SusheelaP. SusheelaPulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...